Thank you WMATA

Submitted by Flyboi1234 t3_y5dayy in washingtondc

Long story short, I left my bag with my passport, birth certificate, social sucurity card, airline id, pilots license and more important stuff that would have took months to recollect on the bus by mistake. Without the help of a passing bus driver it could have been gone for good. I was able to locate it and retrieve my bag within a few hours.

Thank you

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peecee99 t1_isj18ae wrote

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing.

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miakeru t1_isj9ihy wrote

Why do you keep all of your important stuff like that in a single bag that you carry with you?

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seattleollie t1_isjc0mm wrote

The bus arrival app is pretty useful. I've had some less than positive things to say about WMATA but that's great- glad you got everything back

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thesabre t1_isjkwve wrote

Replying to rjb4000 (#115,856)

I know nothing about being a pilot, but under what circumstance does a pilot need their birth certificate (if they have their passport with them)?

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nsjc t1_isjnox4 wrote

If you have Twitter you should tweet this to the new GM (@WMATAGM) as he seems to be very big on recognizing employees who go above and beyond.

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sn315on t1_isjyk18 wrote

Glad you have everything back!

That's a lot of important things to have on you though, do you need all of that daily?

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ekkidee t1_iskl4w8 wrote

Damn dude. That's an identity theft goldmine. Congrats on the recovery!

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zerostyle t1_iskpe56 wrote

As someone dealing with identity theft right now, I HIGHLY recommend you go start putting protection in place just in case. You're probably fine but you don't want to risk it:

You prob don't need to go crazy freezing everything, but IMO i'd at least freeze the credit and go register for the critical accounts now (social security, IRS, all 3 credit agencies). You don't want someone to beat you to it.

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zerostyle t1_ism25se wrote

Replying to VeganYogiGrace (#119,952)

You want to create an account with the irs, social security, etc so the account us first in your name, email, phone number. If a scammer does it first it could get quite complicated to fix and more damage could be done

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Just_Type_2149 t1_ismd0n5 wrote

I assume he was fleeing the country. 💁‍♀️

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MicroStakes t1_ismjeqn wrote

So, I think you really want to say "Thank you [person]." Because WMATA is not great with getting stuff back, or keeping you safe, or keeping metro clean, or ... whatever. It is systematically problematic, even though some of its employees are awesome.

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